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Date:      Fri, 4 Feb 2000 11:29:59 -0800
From:      Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net>
To:        Troy Kittrell <troyk@basspro.com>
Cc:        Ask Bjoern Hansen <ask@valueclick.com>, Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>, Mark Holloway <mholloway@flashmail.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: O/T: Foundry
Message-ID:  <20000204112959.B60735@PacHell.TelcoSucks.org>
In-Reply-To: <389AE187.9D375DAA@basspro.com>; from troyk@basspro.com on Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 08:26:15AM -0600
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10002040152120.19042-100000@impatience.valueclick.com> <389AE187.9D375DAA@basspro.com>

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On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 08:26:15AM -0600, Troy Kittrell wrote:
> The cli interface wasn't well rated in anything I read while researching the
> ServerIrons. We went ahead and purchased the GUI for it. IMHO, anyone
> considering purchasing them should just include the GUI and be done with it.
> 
> Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Chris Dillon wrote:
> >
> > ...
> > > Last time someone showed one of these things to me, it was using a PPC
> > > processor, not an Alpha.  When did they change, and which one are they
> > > using right now?  Anyway, I was pretty impressed with it. :-)
> >
> > I could only remember the login details for one several months old, but
> > yes, that one is a ppc.
> >
> > telnet@lb01#sh ver
> >  SW: Version 05.0.03T12 Copyright (c) 1996-1999 Foundry Networks, Inc.
> >      Compiled on Jun 29 1999 at 10:56:44 labeled as SLB05003
> >  HW: ServerIron Switch, serial number 041890
> >  240 MHz Power PC processor 603 (revision 7) with 32756K bytes of DRAM
> >   16 100BaseT interfaces with Level 1 Transceiver LXT975
> >    2 GIGA uplink interfaces, SX
> > ...
> >
> > We have a bunch of them, and they work alright I think (not my
> > department). The cli is really lame, or at least the hours I played with
> > them it worn out my patience pretty fast.
> >
> >  - ask

The cli is pretty Cisco like and it has one big advantage above Cisco
the last time I used it. While in configure mode, you can't look at
the current config on Ciscos, you can on Foundry. 

-- 
Regards, Ulf.

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